Describes the changing nature of higher education in Singapore, exploring particularly the government's manipulation of the country's lone (but rapidly growing) university to further national political and economic policy. Educational quality and academic freedom are noted as remaining at high levels despite the university's lack of institutional…

A discussion of growing international student mobility looks at the flow of students from Third World countries to industrialized nations, the impact of foreign students on academic institutions, the impact of foreign study on the students, and related policies in host and source countries. Available research literature is reviewed. (Author/MSE)

A discussion of higher education in India looks at the system in comparison to others around the world, its politics, bureaucratic inertia, the institutionalized policy of expansion, the academic profession, funding, the examination system, and the university's role in society. Implications for meaningful reform are examined. (MSE)